Permit application forms

State lands

To be determined. It is always a good practice to contact the manager
of the state park, forest, or wildlife management area where you plan
to work to be sure your work will not interfere with their management
activities or conflict with public use, including hunting.

Prior notice

Check permit conditions. Even if not expressly required to do so, you
should always contact the manager of that particular state land unit or
with the owner of private land before your arrival. You want to be
aware of the hunting seasons, and, of course want to be sure that your
activities will not interfere with the activities of that park,
wildlife management area, or other state land unit, and that your
activities will not adversely affect public use of the land or with the
activities of private landowners.

Policies

Section 1. Authority. These rules are promulgated by authority of W.S. 23-1-302(a)(vii), (x), (xiii) and (xxii).

Section 2. Purpose. It shall be the purpose of this regulation to govern andregulate the issuance of permits to take, capture, handle, and transport Wyoming wildlife.Such permits may be issued to persons, educational institutions, or governmental entitieswhen it is determined that the scientific research, educational, or special purposes arebeneficial to wildlife, the department or the public.

Section 3. Regulation. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission hereby adoptsthe following regulation concerning the issuance of scientific research, educational orspecial purpose permits. The Commission authorizes the Department to develop andmaintain policies, processes and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of thisChapter. This regulation shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by theCommission.

Section 4. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be asset forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, and the Commission also adopts the followingdefinitions:(a) “Education” means the act or process of imparting knowledge or skill whenthat is the primary purpose of obtaining a permit.(b) “Educational institutions” means any accredited college, university, orrecognized educational institution.((cc)) “Governmental entities” means any state or federal wildlife, natural resourceor agricultural agency.(d) “Scientific research” means the systematic investigative or experimentalactivities which are carried out for the purpose of acquiring new and relevant knowledgepertaining to wildlife biology, ecology or management, or the revision of acceptedconclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, and which areconducted in a humane fashion by qualified personnel, and the results of which wouldmeet the accepted standards for publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal.33-2(e) “Special purpose” means activities in which a permit is required in order totake or relocate wildlife, but is not considered scientific research or educational.(f) “Wildlife” means every wild mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk,crustacean, their viable gametes (eggs and sperm), fertilized eggs, or any hybrid(including hybrids between wildlife and wildlife and hybrids between wildlife anddomestic or domesticated animals) or any transgenic product thereof.

Section 5. Scientific Research, Educational, or Special Purpose Permits.Scientific research, educational, or special purpose permits may be issued by the directorof the Wyoming Game and Fish Department or his designee to duly authorized agents ofeducational institutions, governmental entities, and other persons of science or educationfor scientific research or educational purposes, or special purpose activities to takewildlife under the following conditions:(a) To receive consideration, the applicant shall submit an application for apermit on a form provided by the Department. Incomplete applications or applicationscontaining false statements or misrepresentations shall be denied. The application shallbe submitted to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 5400 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne,Wyoming 82006, Attention: Permitting Officer and shall state the name of the institutionor entity for which the applicant is an agent and the title or position said applicant holds,which would qualify the applicant for a permit. The application shall designate the nameof the individual responsible as the permittee and any other person(s) authorized for theactivities conducted under the permit and for the submission of the annual report. Theapplication shall present, in detail, a list of the species to be taken, the numbers to becollected and/or possessed, the specific Game and Fish Department administrativeregion(s) where species are to be possessed and/or collections are to be made, specificlocations and approximate collection dates and the methods of collection to be used. TheDepartment may require the applicant to provide certification demonstrating theapplicant is proficient in the methods or techniques to be utilized while conductingactivities authorized by the permit. The application shall state the purpose for whichsuch possession and/or collections will be made and the expected benefits to science,research, education or department wildlife management goals. The application shall alsoprovide detailed information, including a detailed study plan which contains thefollowing elements: a statement of the need for the study and expected managementapplication and benefit to the State of Wyoming and/or the general knowledge ofwildlife; a description of study area(s), data collection and analytical methodologieswhich demonstrate ability to meet study objectives; and a description of financial andother resources which demonstrate ability to meet study objectives. Copies of anyrequired federal permits for the take or possession of wildlife, if applicable, shallaccompany the permit application.(b) The application for a permit must be received by the Wyoming Game andFish Department at least twenty (20) working days prior to the issuance of the permit in33-3 order to allow time for the Department to review and provide consideration to theapplication.(c) Permits shall only be issued if the Department determines there is a need forthe information collected from the proposed scientific research, there is a valideducational purpose and the issuance of the permit is not detrimental to the wildliferesource, or it has been determined a special purpose permit is required.(d) The permit shall bear the name(s) of the individual(s) authorized to takewildlife and/or make collections, and will offer no protection to anyone other than thosenamed or designated on the permit to carry out any activity authorized by the permit.Permits issued under this regulation are not transferable.(e) The Department may require that permit holders notify the regional wildlifesupervisor, or regional wildlife management coordinator, or other Department personnelas indicated on the permit prior to taking any terrestrial wildlife or reptiles, or regionalfisheries supervisor, or other Department personnel as indicated on the permit prior totaking any fish or amphibians in the region where collections are to be made.Notification shall include the inclusive dates and specific area of activities prior tomaking any collection, or possessing any wildlife or conducting any activity whichresults in the take of wildlife.(f) As a condition of the permit, the Department may limit the length of time,location, facilities and any other stipulations in which wildlife may be captured, importedand possessed. Any person desiring to import live wildlife under this regulation shallcomply with all other Commission regulations governing the possession and/orimportation of live wildlife.(g) The person designated as the permittee on the permit, regardless of any othernames listed on the permit, shall submit a written report to Headquarters of the WyomingGame and Fish Department, Attention Permitting Officer. This report may be required tobe submitted electronically as per permit stipulation. For scientific research permits, thereport shall contain a record of the number of each species of wildlife taken, the localitywhere taken by UTM coordinates or to the nearest township, range, section and 1/4section, the age and sex of animals taken when practical, a description of the habitatwhere taken, any other information as required by the Department and the disposition ofthe animal(s) to include such information as to whether the animal was euthanized,marked and/or released. The report for the special purpose permit shall describe whatactivity was accomplished under the permit. The Department shall require that all dataand records be submitted in an approved format. It shall also include any reports orpapers written as a result of collections made under the permit. In the case of the permitbeing issued for educational purposes, the report shall provide a detailed explanation ofthe presentation(s) and a list of dates and locations the presentation(s) were conductedand the total number of audience in attendance. The Department may require anyadditional information in the report it deems necessary to evaluate the value to wildlife33-4 management of having issued the permit. Reports shall be due on or before January 31following the year for which the permit was valid.(h) If the individual(s) designated as the permittee fails to submit the requiredwritten report and/or data and records in an approved format, no future permit shall beissued to that institution, entity, or individual until the permit report requirement is met.Section 6. Controlling Regulation. In the event that Chapter 33 might conflictwith Wyoming Game and Fish Department Regulation, Chapter 10 Regulation forImportation, Possession, Confinement, Transportation, Sale and Disposition of LiveWildlife, Chapter 10 will control the importation and possession of wildlife.

Section 7. Violation of Regulation. Failure to abide by the provisions of thisregulation shall be punishable as provided by Wyoming statutes for violations ofCommission regulations. Conviction for violation of this regulation or failure on the partof the permit applicant or holder to comply fully with this regulation may result inimmediate revocation of said permit and refusal to issue any future permits.Section 8. Savings Clause. If any provision of this regulation shall be held to beillegal or unconstitutional, such a ruling shall not affect other provisions of thisregulation which can be given effect without the illegal or unconstitutional provision;and, to this end, the provisions of this regulation shall be severable.